Barrel-making machinery



(No Model.)

F. L. GORDON.

- BARREL MAKING MACHINERY.

No. 454,954. Patented June 30, 1891..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK L. GORDON, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

BARREL-MAKING MACHINE RY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,954, dated June 30, 1891. Application filed October 20, 1890. Serial No. 368,763. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK L. GORDON, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Making Machinery; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to barrel-making machinery; and its objects are, first, to attain readily the automatic shaping of the top: of

the barrel; second, to engage and disengage the operative mechanism instantly; third, to obviate automatically the reverse movement of the fiy-wheel; fourth, to adapt the parts to each other so as to produce a durable adj ustment, and, fifth, to accomplish these ends with structural simplicity and economy. I attain these ends by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the shifting-lever and connections.

The same designations indicate correspond ing parts in all the views.

A suitable work-table A, mounted on legs B, has journal-bearings 0 attached thereto. A shaft D is adjusted in said bearings, forwardly connected with the treadle H by rod G and crank F. A fiy-wheel E is located on the rear part of said shaft, revolving in contact with a friction-roller Q, held in a tapering socket R, which serves instantly to'lock said wheel upon reverse motion. The shaft D has attached thereto a clutch J, oscillated by a lever K, fulcrumed on a plate K, attached to the table A, that serves to cause a sliding motion of said clutch (by reason of the lugs P fitting recesses therein) on the shaft D, whereby it alternately engages and disengages the idler I. A rope L is wound on the idler I and is guided by the roller M to the location M, where it is secured to the table by looping over a hook M, leaving the central loop to encircle the head of the barrel N disposed on the stand 0. It will be understood that this loop tightens about the barrel-head upon starting the treadle and engaging the idler.

Having thus fully described my improvements, What I claim is In barrel-makin g machinery, the frame consisting of a stand 0 to support the barrel, the table A, having hook M, whereto one end of the rope L is secured, and the shaft D, suitably mounted and impelled, having terminally a fly-Wheel E, locking instantaneously upon reverse motion, in combination with the rope L, the inner end whereof is wound upon the idler I, concentrically adjusted on said shaft, the idler I engaging the clutch J upon contact, and the lever K for making and breaking such contact, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK L. GORDON. Witnesses:

J NO. J. WARD, JOHN MILLER. 

